Thousands of people in a small Italian coastal town stage a protest against a government's LNG regasification plant project.

The chief executive of the UK’s national grid has warned British households to prepare for a “worst-case scenario” of power cuts and blackouts on “really, really cold” weekdays in winter.

Italians take to the streets in Rome to protest against the country’s membership in the US-led NATO military alliance, as the cost of living crisis worsens across Europe amid the raging war in Ukraine.

A significant number of hospitals in Germany may face closures amid rising energy costs and soaring inflation in the country, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach warned on Sunday.

As the energy crisis continues to bite in Italy, people from all walks of life have been staging protests across the country.

Strike action in France over wage demands spreads to at least five of nuclear plants, further delaying maintenance.

France's finance minister has warned that the United States should not be allowed to dominate the global energy market while the EU suffers from the consequences of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The French government has threatened to intervene to break blockades of refineries and oil depots as workers demanding higher wages and better working conditions plan to extend their strike action.

French motorists have been made to wait in long queues across the country to refuel their vehicles as petrol pumps run dry amid an ongoing strike in the country’s energy sector.

We asked author and commentator John Steppling about the main factors behind soaring energy and food prices in the West.